Blender - http://blender.org – 3d modeling and animation program. You can create your very own movies like “Toy Story” if you’re good
Celestia - http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ – is like “Google Earth” for the solar system. You can choose a location and “fly to” a planet, follow a planet or comet around the sun, etc. Obviously only applicable for science but it’s very fun (though navigation takes some getting used to).
CMap – concept mapping program like Inspiration
CutePDF - free PDF converter
Eclipse Crossword - http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/ - Create an interactive crossword puzzle and export to a single HTML file that can be published to the web or played in a browser.
Photostory - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
Photostory, a free software program, enables students and teachers to create and share multimedia stories effectively and easily. Begin by importing digital photos, scanned work, Powerpoint slides, computer-generated artwork or other digital images. Easily add text captions, audio narration, photo-effects, timings, transitions and motion-effects, as well as a musical score in a few easy steps. Photostory_Quick_Reference
Sketchup (Google) – build, view and edit 3D models
Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org/) – this is like having a planetarium on your computer. You can select your location and it will display the sky and all the stars, constellations, planets, etc. as you see them in real time. If you’ve ever walked outside at night and wondered what a particular star was, where a particular constellation was, etc. then Stellarium is for you. It is obviously great for science but English courses studying mythology can use it to find mythological constellations, etc.
Thunderbird - e-mail reader
Turbo Cash – open source personal finance software
Tux Paint - http://www.tuxpaint.org/ - a free paint program for very young kids (3 years old and up)
Wink – http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ - Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users. Export to Flash and play in a web browser.
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Photostory, a free software program, enables students and teachers to create and share multimedia stories effectively and easily. Begin by importing digital photos, scanned work, Powerpoint slides, computer-generated artwork or other digital images. Easily add text captions, audio narration, photo-effects, timings, transitions and motion-effects, as well as a musical score in a few easy steps.
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